These flowering hardy perennials and bulbs do well with fall planting, which allows them to get established before blooming ...

Key Points Plant perennials in fall so they can establish roots before spring blooms.Choose native varieties to attract ...

Spring blooming bulbs need time over winter to establish a good root system before the ground freezes to produce blooms the ...

Key Points Deadhead container mums to get more blooms and extend color into fall.Don’t prune hardy mums in fall—wait until ...

Fall weather renews the garden with an abundance of fresh blooms. Discover long-lasting perennial flowers to accent autumn’s ...

Many kinds of bulb plants, such as daffodils, scilla, and snowdrops, will return to bloom every year, building a new bulb each summer after their spring bloom is done. “If the plant is well suited to ...

These annual and perennial flowers can be planted over spring bulbs to add seasonal color and help hide fading bulb foliage ...

As we enter the fall season, gardeners consider planting selected bulbs for enjoyment as they bloom in the spring. This column opens with a brief overview of bulbs in the garden and focuses on ...

Springtime not only offers a chance for sprucing up your outdoor areas, but the season also inherently evokes change that can inspire trying out new plants in your garden. One common mistake involves ...

Perennials are a gardener’s best friend, particularly if you’re planting flowers in the height of summer heat. Most people think you’re long past prime time for planting a flower garden, but planting ...

Spring-blooming woody plants like lilacs (especially the old, grafted varieties), ornamental cherries, forsythia, crabapples, azaleas and some magnolias set their flower buds for the following year in ...

Camellias: Flower buds for fall, winter and spring bloom are already set on camellias. Any pruning now will reduce flowering. Camellias are best pruned in April or May. Loropetalum: They bloom in late ...